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 | | The peopleÂ’s congresses of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, autonomous prefectures, and established-zone cities will be elected by peopleÂ’s congresses at the next lower level; the peopleÂ’s congresses of counties, autonomous counties, nonestablished-zone cities, municipal districts, townships, minority nationality townships, and towns will be elected directly by their constituencies. |
 | | Article 62 The peopleÂ’s government of a province shall institute a governor responsibility system; in an autonomous region, chairman responsibility system; municipality, mayoral responsibility system; prefecture, prefectural chief responsibility system; county, county chief responsibility system; district, district chief responsibility chief; township, township chief responsibility system; and town, town chief responsibility system. |
 | | The peopleÂ’s congresses of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government, autonomous prefectures, and municipalities divided into districts may, according to need, establish legal system (politics and law) committees, finance and economics committees, education, science, culture and health committees, and other specialized committees. |
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